While everyone is saying goodbye to the seniors in their life, I have been sort of out-of-it. Friends of mine, while saying goodbye, are crying and becoming emotional quickly. On the other hand, I have been at peace. Last week, while saying goodbye to everyone at my youth group, I wasn’t crying at all. I gave a crying friend a hug and said, “This is my home; I will be back.”
For some reason, I just feel very confident that God’s earthly residence for me is in my small town in Southern Minnesota. I know that I will be an earth-wanderer, however, when I come back to the place I call home, it will be in Albert Lea, MN.
With that being said, people are thinking that these doors of my life in Albert Lea are closing for good. When people graduate, they usually like to leave and make new lives for themselves and not return. When I leave, I have a desire to go learn more about myself and who God wants me to be so that when I return, I am a better version of myself who can influence this community and beyond.
Each and every one of the seniors that I know in my life are going places. I am intensely intrigued by the destinations they are headed. There are SO many doors in this world that are open wide for people to walk into and it is super cool to see what doors there are that I have yet discovered.
Albert Lea is my home. I will be back.
